Harris Scrambles to Backtrack on her Left-Wing Positions

Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign has walked back several of her left-wing policy positions within the first 10 days of her candidacy.

Harris endorsed a litany of left-wing ideas during her first run for the presidency during the 2020 cycle, including a ban on fracking, mandatory federal gun buybacks and the abolition of private health insurance. However, her campaign is now trying to clarify that she has changed her positions after Republicans flooded social media with video clips of Harris endorsing such policies—less than 10 days after she launched her campaign following President Joe Biden’s July 21 announcement that he was quitting the 2024 race.

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Harris’ campaign now says that she endorses a ban on assault weapons rather than mandatory federal buybacks, no longer believes that fracking should be banned and does not still want a single-payer health care system, according to The New York Times. The campaign also pointed out that the vice president supported Biden’s requests for more funding for border enforcement.

Harris suggested during the 2020 cycle that illegal border crossings should be decriminalized, and she likened Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to the Ku Klux Klan in 2018 during her time as a senator.

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